Is 4G fast?

[foghorn67]

I loved my WiMax...when I was outdoors.
I also loved T-Mobile's pseudo 4G...when I was outdoors.

I heart LTE. Wish I had an LTE phone.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

I loved my WiMax...when I was outdoors.
I also loved T-Mobile's pseudo 4G...when I was outdoors.

I heart LTE. Wish I had an LTE phone.

when i was in target a few days ago some guy was complaining that he couldnt get wimax in the lower level of his building but everyone with verizon could get their 3/4g

 

[Red Storm]

Verizon LTE is ridiculously fast. Being able to instantly watch high quality Youtube streams with no loading time is very nice. Couldn't do that on 3G.

 

[cecco]

Going to make the jump to 4G soon and it's good to hear Verizon is the fastest since they're my carrier.

I gotta tell you 3G here in Columbus, OH for me has been in a constant decline since i got my Droid 2 years ago.

The last speedtest I ran this morning was, I kid you not, 84kbps down, 4kbps up. Yes that's bits!

I don't know if the phone/ROM has anything to do with it since I use Cyanogen. I'll check the wife's when I get home since she runs stock. Can't wait to switch.

 

[Oyeve]

I average 4.5-5.7 mbps on tmo 3g. I guess its fast in NYC. Slowest I ever got was .5 and that was at work in a prewar building on wall street where att and vzw have no signal at all in my office.

 

[Bateluer]

Just keep in mind, guys, you're going to pay for the LTE speed on Verizon. Starts at 30 dollars for a paltry 2GB. 2GB goes by fast if you actually use LTE. Not sure if you want to put much stock in this, but there's been a number of reports from Verizon customers that have been told by CSRs that they will phase out their unlimited plans entirely, including the grandfathered customers.

 

[saratoga172]

I've been getting around 25 down and 8-10 up on Verizon LTE since I got my bionic. I'm getting anywhere from 512-900 down and 250ish up on 3G.

AT&T 3G when I had my iP4 was around 3-4 down and 750 up.

This is in Oklahoma City so likely not a hugely saturated LTE market yet. But nice nonetheless.

 

[jacktesterson]

I get around 5 mbps on Telus 3G in Canada

No 4G available where I am

 

[Aikouka]

Both HSPA+ and LTE offer pretty fast theoretical speeds, but it all depends on implementation.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I get around 5 mbps on Telus 3G in Canada

No 4G available where I am

I am getting 4-5Mbps as well on Fido HSPA+. 3G is more than enough for what I do with it on the phone. Streaming movies on a smartphone is not something that I do. I do have a tablet, but mainly use it at home, sometimes I would have it tethered to my 3G smartphone while out and about, but just light web browsing.

4G/LTE I'd imagine would cost a pretty coin for less data. I am happy with my $30/6GB plan.